Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

67 Notification of convictions

• A registrar of a court in New Zealand who knows that a person convicted in the court is a health practitioner must send a notice of the conviction to the responsible authority if the conviction is for—

  • (a) an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 3 months or longer; or

  • (b) an offence against—

    • (i) the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995; or

    • (ii) the Burial and Cremation Act 1964; or

    • (iii) the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977; or

    • (iv) the Coroners Act 2006; or

    • (v) the Health Act 1956; or

    • (vi) the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001; or

    • (vii) the Human Tissue Act 2008; or

    • (viii) the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001; or

    • (ix) the Medicines Act 1981; or

    • (x) the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992; or

    • (xi) the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975; or

    • (xii) the Radiation Protection Act 1965.

  Compare: 1995 No 95 s 85

  Section 67(b)(i): amended, on 24 January 2009, by section 47 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48).

  Section 67(b)(iv): amended, on 1 July 2007, by section 146 of the Coroners Act 2006 (2006 No 38).

  Section 67(b)(vii): amended, on 1 November 2008, by section 92 of the Human Tissue Act 2008 (2008 No 28).